Re: Change Scope in new Windows Firewall (XP SP2)

[Will Denny]

Hi

There are News Groups specific to SP2 - you might like to try those:

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=xpsp2&slcid=us

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups


"Steve" > wrote in message
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| I'm attempting to change the scope in Windows Firewall Exceptions to
"Custom List" in order to specify one IP address that I want to let through.
For example, I want to only allow the computer with IP address:
192.168.1.150. However, when I save it and come back to it, the single IP
address changes to:
|
| LocalSubNet, 192.168.1.150/255.255.255.255
|
| Does that mean all computers (192.168.1.*) have access to my computer? If
so, how can I just give access to the 192.168.1.150 computer?
|
| Thanks!

[Steve Riley [MSFT]]

Don't worry, only 192.168.1.150 will have the access you want. The firewall
is just rewriting your entry to show that just one computer has access. A
mask of 255.255.255.255 means only the IP address to the left of the "/" is
included in the list. I agree, the nomenclature can be confusing.

(Now if you wanted to allow a whole subnet, the entry would appear as, for
example, 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0.)

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Steve




"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> I'm attempting to change the scope in Windows Firewall Exceptions to
> "Custom List" in order to specify one IP address that I want to let
> through. For example, I want to only allow the computer with IP address:
> 192.168.1.150. However, when I save it and come back to it, the single IP
> address changes to:
>
> LocalSubNet, 192.168.1.150/255.255.255.255
>
> Does that mean all computers (192.168.1.*) have access to my computer? If
> so, how can I just give access to the 192.168.1.150 computer?
>
> Thanks!